Agenda

Received and filed update on the Administrative Final HCP/NCCP and the Administrative Final EIS/EIR.

Received proposed Amendment to Recruitment Plan for Executive Director and approved amended timeline for recruitment of new Executive Director.

YOLO HABITAT CONSERVANCY

December 18, 2017

MINUTES

The Yolo Habitat Conservancy Board met on the 18th day of December, 2017, starting at 5:30 p.m. in regular session in the Board of Supervisors' Chambers in the Erwin W. Meier Administration Building, 625 Court Street, Woodland, California.

Present:	Jim Provenza
	Chris Ledesma
	Pierre Neu
	Skip Davies
	Marjorie Dickinson
	Oscar Villegas
	Will Arnold
Absent:	Don Saylor
	Lucas Frerichs
Staff Present:	Petrea Marchand, Executive Director
	Chris Alford, Deputy Director
	Phil Pogledich, County Counsel
	Shawna Stevens, Assistant to Director

5:30 P.M. CALL TO ORDER

Approval of the Agenda Order

Public Comment: This is time reserved for the public to address the Conservancy Board on matters not on the agenda.

Board Correspondence

CONSENT CALENDAR


					Minute Order No. 17-36: Approved consent agenda item nos. 4-6. MOTION: Davies. SECOND: Neu. AYES: Arnold, Davies, Ledesma, Neu, Provenza, Villegas.

Approved October 23, 2017 and November 2, 2017 meeting minutes.

Approved contract amendments for Urban Economics and Estep Environmental.

Approved ICF International contract amendment to complete the Final HCP/NCCP.

REGULAR AGENDA

Recognition of service for Board member Marjorie Dickinson.

Received and filed monthly financial and grant tracking update and authorized the Conservancy to seek three bids to hire a bookkeeper for up to $5,000 to transition to online Quickbooks, although the Conservancy will continue to manage finances through the Yolo County Department of Finance’s INFOR system.


					Minute Order No. 17-37: Approved recommended action. MOTION: Arnold. SECOND: Ledesma. AYES: Arnold, Davies, Ledesma, Neu, Provenza, Villegas.


					Minute Order No. 17-38: Approved recommended action. MOTION: Arnold. SECOND: Ledesma. AYES: Arnold, Davies, Ledesma, Neu, Provenza, Villegas.


	11.			Approved Friends of the Yolo Habitat Conservancy as the name of the nonprofit organization serving as the fiscal sponsor of the Conservancy’s endowment funds, approved initial structure of the Board of Directors, and directed the Executive Director to allocate up to $1,000 of member agency funds for fees associated with formation.


					Minute Order No. 17-39: Approved recommended actions. MOTION: Ledesma. SECOND: Neu. AYES: Arnold, Davies, Ledesma, Neu, Provenza, Villegas.

12.

Received Advisory Committee update.

13.

Received Executive Director update.

RCIS update
Vander Eyk easement

CLOSED SESSION

14.

Conference with Legal Counsel—Existing Litigation
Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)
CalPers Board of Administration Case No. 2017-0204

ADJOURNMENT

Next meeting scheduled for: January 22, 2018